2.5. The book wasn't bad, but it wasn't that good either. The characters are a bit lackluster, with the main character being the least enticing of all. The love story is okay, but the trauma wasn't really handled that well in my opinion. If you're going to include things like physical and sexual abuse, then the emotional repercussions should be explored in a lot more depth than was done in this book.

Obviously props for the people of color and the inclusion of queer characters, but over all this did not live up to what I was expecting when I browsed other reviews. I do not have any interest in reading the sequels after finishing this one.